Chris Carpenter

#5 · WR · Sr. · UTSA5′11″ · 160 lb · Jacksonville, TX

Chris Carpenter: WR · UTSA · #5.

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Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Chris Carpenter

WR · UTSA · Sr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Karl Dorrell and Jeff Traylor. The first one came in 2022: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 115 receiving yards and 14 rushing yards against Tulsa — Week 9, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

UTSA in the news

UTSA coach suspended after DWI arrestOct 29
UTSA to wear helmet decals for tributeUTSA Athletics Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	UTSA	39	479	12.3	1	69
2023	UTSA	7	52	7.4	0	16
2022	UTSA	10	71	7.1	0	22
2021	Colorado	7	45	6.4	0	19
2020	Colorado	--	--	--	--	--
Career		63	647	10.3	1	69

Season	Team
2024	UTSA	4	22	261	88	--
2023	UTSA	--	--	113	109	1
2022	UTSA	3	18	340	36	--
2021	Colorado	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Colorado	--	--	15	--	--
Career		7	40	729	233	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-16vs Kennesaw State	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 2	L 10-49@ Texas State	2	43	21.5	0	25
Wk 3	L 7-56@ No. 2 Texas	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	W 45-7vs Houston Christian	3	29	9.7	0	21
Wk 5	L 20-30@ East Carolina	6	61	10.2	0	20
Wk 7	L 27-29@ Rice	6	36	6.0	0	22
Wk 8	W 38-24vs Florida Atlantic	6	58	9.7	0	19
Wk 9	L 45-46@ Tulsa	7	115	16.4	1	69	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 10	W 44-36vs Memphis	4	108	27.0	0	60
Wk 12	W 48-27vs North Texas	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 13	W 51-27vs Temple	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	W 44-15vs Coastal Carolina	2	16	8.0	0	8
Total		39	479	12.3	1	69

Signature game

Week 10 · 2024

W 44-36

vs Memphis

4 rec · 108 yds

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With O. McCown — 280 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.8 · 28 rush yds (5 car) · C. Hogan — 45.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Tulsa · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +6.19Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 69 yds for a TD (Tate Sandell KICK)
Week 10 · Memphis · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.70Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 32 yds to the MEM 39 for a
Week 2 · Texas State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.05E.Marburger pass complete. Catch made by C.Carpenter for 25 yards. Tackled by B.Crosby at TXST 49.
Week 10 · Memphis · 2nd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.77Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 60 yds to the MEM 6 for a
Week 5 · East Carolina · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 19 yds to the UTSA 44 for a
Week 5 · East Carolina · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.27Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 8 yds to the ECU 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · Tulsa · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.08Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 4 yds to the UTSA 45 UTSA Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the UTSA 35
Week 9 · Tulsa · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +1.94Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 3 yds to the TLSA 33 for a
Week 7 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.85Owen McCown pass complete to Chris Carpenter for 22 yds to the RICE 42 for a
Week 9 · Tulsa · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +1.65Chris Carpenter run for 14 yds to the UTSA 46 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Colorado4-2HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022UTSA11-3HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 44 (#241 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

44Rotational starter #241 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (81st percentile). Strength: long catch (83rd percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#116 / 610 · 81st pct

97.6%

Explosive rate#221 / 610 · 64th pct

17.1%

Yards / catch#269 / 610 · 56th pct

12.3

EPA / target#381 / 610 · 38th pct

0.76

TD rate#500 / 610 · 18th pct

2.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#91 / 541 · 83rd pct

Rush yards#99 / 299 · 66th pct

Receptions#183 / 541 · 65th pct

Rec yards#212 / 541 · 61st pct

479

Yards / catch#314 / 541 · 41st pct

12.3

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Fumbles lost#197 / 221 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.4	31.1	10.2	0.0
Road5g	4.4	52.2	12.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	27.0	8.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	58.0	15.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

Pass share

51.5%

508 pass / 478 run

Plays / game

75.8

13 games

Team sack rate

4.7%

509 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

39 catches and 4 carries in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

44 · #241 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #241 at the position.

Chris Carpenter

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

UTSA in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

39 catches and 4 carries in 12 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2020

2022 9 games